I dedicate this story to my dear friend Emma from Shelfari, who is just as obsessed with Sweeney Todd as I am!
The atmosphere was absolutely electric, just as he remembered, just as he imagined it would be. Everything seemed so surreal, yet so clear. It was just as he thought it would be. As he pushed open the glossy double doors, he felt his heart leap into his chest. He inhaled the familiar smells of the hallway: belches, perfume and persperation. Ahhh, the familiar smells of a comprehensive school. How he had missed St. Marianna's. If only he knew that a deadly turn of events was soon to come.
Lauralie trailed behind him, cradling the baby Belladonna in her arms. Belladonna whimpered softly and burbled happy nonsence to her mother, who simply smiled. Lauralie had insisted on coming along to see his office.
"Benjamin Blake."
The familiar voice sliced through him like a dagger. He turned slowly, to see none other than the infamous Victor Thyme standing before him. Ahhh, Victoor, the bane of his high school existence, the reason why Eleanor was afraid to go anywhere without him, and Lauralie's ex-boyfriend.
"Victor!" Lauralie spoke before he could. "What are you doing here?"
She seemed frightened, ice-blue eyes growing wide.
"ren't you glad to see me, my darling Lauralie?" his lips curved upwards into a sadistic smile, a smile that made Benjami's blood boil.
"My darling Lauralie, I am the Heasmaster of this fine establishment!"
And so, the first link in a chain of deadly events was put in place, and Benjamin's life was to change forever...
Already, a vicious scheme was falling into place, and this was the first piece of Victor's sadistic jigsaw puzzle. A plan had already formed in his mind, a plan that was executed perfectly.